Number of sites found in Inyo County:29

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Sites:

NameAcresLocatedDescription
Jorgensen Reduction Plant3 Miles South Of BishopN/A
Shoshone Lead Mines7 Miles E Of TecopaNot Eligible, DOD is not known to have used the site nor to have constructed any facilities at the site. The site was active during World Wars I and II, with lead and silver production declining after 1956. The mines were closed in the 1970s.
Camp Manzanar5964.009.5 Miles North Of Lone PineOn 7 March 1942, the War Department acquired from the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a leasehold interest in 5,964 acres outside of Lone Pine, California, for the Wartime Civil Control Administration to develop the Manzanar Reception Center. On 27 June 1942, the War Department filed for and subsequently obtained through a Final Judgement and Decrees, a condemned leasehold interest for the site, effective to 30 June 1944. This interest was subsequently extended to June 1946. The Commanding General of the Western Defense Command and the Fourth Army, created the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) in March of 1942. The site was selected, acquired, and developed by the WCCA to be among the first of a series of "Reception Centers" designed to facilitate the evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans following the outbreak of World War II. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was directed by the WCCA to construct the facilities at this site. On 27 March 1942, the Army began transporting evacuees to the Manzanar site. The Manzanar Reception Center eventually provided living quarters, warehouses, schools, an administration area, a reservoir, and a sewage treatment facility supporting up to 10,000 internees from 27 March 1942 to 25 November 1945.
Panamint Flat Dry Lake2480.00Ballarat Dry Lake
Coyote Flats Air StripBig Pine
Bishop Airport897.22Bishop
South Lake Test Camp2605.24Bishop
Bishop Gfa Sm164d6.75Bishop
Johannsen Reduction PlantBishopN/A
Furnance Creek Airport(old Airport)Death ValleyN/A
Death Valley National ParkDeath Valley National ParkN/A
Saline Valley Ata Gun Rge591000.00IndependenceThe Saline Valley Air to Air Gunnery Range was declared surplus on 8 February 1946 and the War Department left the site on 21 February 1946. The permit for 217.31 acres was terminated on 28 February 1946. The 12,390 acres of the Inyo National Forest, were retransferred to the Department of Agriculture on 4 June 1947. The 575,312.69 acres, which included 34,406 acres of the Death Valley National Monument, were retransferred to the Department of the Interior on 24 July 1947. The implied and secured leasehold interests in 3,080 acres were terminated on various dates in late 1947. The Bureau of Land Management has issued many mining claims in the past, but the area has been inactive for many years. There are currently no permanent residents in the Saline Valley. However, there are several campgrounds and hot springs in the area that are accessed by marginally improved dirt roads. The Bureau of Land Management is currently in the process of designating a large portion of the site, now under its jurisdiction, as a wilderness area. Furthermore, the entire site may be part of an extended Death Valley National Park, pending approval of the California Desert Protection Act.
Keeler Peak Radar Anx1440.00Independence
Independence Airport118.45IndependenceThe Department of Defense (DOD) is not known to have acquired nor have had any controlling interest in Independence Airport, Independence, California. The airport, established in 1928, is located on 118.45 acres of land which is leased to the County of Inyo by the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for operation as a public airport.2. During World War II, Navy and Army Air Corps cadets received basic ground and flight training through the Civilian Pilot Training Program and War Training Service program conducted at Independence Airport from February 1942 to August 1943. The DOD is not known to have constructed any facilities at the airport.
Independence WarehouseIndependence
Keeler Peak Shoran Anx10.00Keeler
Keeler Talc PlantKeelerN/A
Keeler Soda PlantKeelerN/A
Lone Pine AirportLone PineN/A
Manzanar AirportManzanarN/A
Mt. Whitney Military ReservationMount WhitneyN/A
U.s. Vanadium Tungsten MineNw Of BishopN/A
Olancha Airfield100.00OlanchaDURING WORLD WAR II, OLANCHA AIRFIELD SERVED AS AN AUXILIARY LANDING FIELD FOR THE CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING/WAR TRAINING SERVICE PROGRAM AT LONE PINE AIRPORT WHERE NAVY AND ARMY AIR CORPS CADETS RECEIVED BASIC GROUND AND FLIGHT TRAINING. OLANCHA AIRFIELD WAS ALSO A DESIGNATED LANDING FIELD FOR ARMY AIR CORPS AND NAVY PILOTS DURING WWII. DOD IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE CONSTRUCTED ANY FACILITIES AT OLANCHA AIRFIELD.3. NO DOD DISPOSAL ACTIONS WERE NECESSARY. THE AIRFIELD WAS CLOSED IN 1950. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY PRIVATELY OWNED AND COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED.
Panamint Bombing & Aerial Gunnery RangePanamint MountainsN/A
Panamint Dry Lake TestPanamint Springs
Pinto PeakPinto PeakN/A
Oasis Gap Filler Annex Sm164c18.11Piper Mountain
Stovepipe Wells AirportStovepipe Wells THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE ACQUIRED NOR HAVE HAD ANY CONTROLLING INTEREST IN STOVEPIPE WELLS AIRPORT AT STOVEPIPE WELLS, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN THE 1940'S THROUGH 1978, THE AIRPORT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED. SINCE 1978, THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. REAL ESTATE RECORDS WERE NEITHER SPECIFIC NOR COMPLETE.
Telescope PeakTelescope PeakN/A